Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. [1847-1854], Volume 4S. Hoyt, printer, New York, 1858 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Appeal from Muscatine District Court . Opinion by KINNEY , J. Petition by Reiley for a mechanics ' lien for ... appeals and contends that this decision is erroneous . § 981 , of the Code provides that " every person who by virtue of a ...
... Appeal from Muscatine District Court . Opinion by KINNEY , J. Petition by Reiley for a mechanics ' lien for ... appeals and contends that this decision is erroneous . § 981 , of the Code provides that " every person who by virtue of a ...
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... Appeal from Jefferson District Court . Opinion by KINNEY , J. This was an amicable suit entered into by the ... appeals to this court , and contends that the allowance so made by the clerk , prosecuting attorney and sheriff , was a ...
... Appeal from Jefferson District Court . Opinion by KINNEY , J. This was an amicable suit entered into by the ... appeals to this court , and contends that the allowance so made by the clerk , prosecuting attorney and sheriff , was a ...
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... Appeal from Des Moines District Court . Opinion by GREENE , J. This suit was commenced by the Burlington and Louisa County Plank Road Company Nichols v . Burlington and Louisa County Plank Road Company 42 SUPREME COURT CASES , William ...
... Appeal from Des Moines District Court . Opinion by GREENE , J. This suit was commenced by the Burlington and Louisa County Plank Road Company Nichols v . Burlington and Louisa County Plank Road Company 42 SUPREME COURT CASES , William ...
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... Appeal from Lee District Court . Opinion by KINNEY , J. The plaintiff filed his petition , claiming three hundred dollars damages for being com- pelled to raise his brick store house , in block twenty - eight , in the city of Keokuk ...
... Appeal from Lee District Court . Opinion by KINNEY , J. The plaintiff filed his petition , claiming three hundred dollars damages for being com- pelled to raise his brick store house , in block twenty - eight , in the city of Keokuk ...
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... Appeal from Jones District Court . Opinion by GREENE , J. An action on a promissory note promising " thirty - five dollars in stock , to be delivered in Hale township on the first day of November next . " Note signed by J. S. Brink and ...
... Appeal from Jones District Court . Opinion by GREENE , J. An action on a promissory note promising " thirty - five dollars in stock , to be delivered in Hale township on the first day of November next . " Note signed by J. S. Brink and ...
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Page 271 - ... where the person making the service, and the person on whom it is to be made, reside or have their offices in different places, between which there is a regular communication by mail.
Page 11 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.
Page 221 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 178 - Many cases exist, where the forfeiture for acts done attaches solely in rem, and there is no accompanying penalty in personam. Many cases exist where there is both a forfeiture in rem and a personal penalty. But in neither class of cases has it ever been decided that the prosecutions were dependent upon each other. But the practice has been Opinion of the Court. and so this court understands the law to be, that the proceeding in rem stands independent of, and wholly unaffected by any criminal proceeding...
Page 228 - The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction only in cases in chancery, and shall constitute a Court for the correction of errors at law, under such restrictions as the General Assembly may, by law, prescribe...
Page 144 - In all other cases the defendant may be found guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with I. When voluntary manslaughter is itself the greater charge, proof of "sudden heat" may be required. Cite as 352 NE2d 523 which he is charged in the indictment or information.
Page 508 - In these cases, the rule of law, as we understand it, is this ; a man is not to be excused from responsibility if he has capacity and reason sufficient to enable him to distinguish between right and wrong, as to the particular act he is then doing, a knowledge and consciousness that the act he is doing is wrong and criminal, and will subject him to punishment.
Page 221 - When a divorce is decreed, the court may make such order in relation to the children, property, parties, and the maintenance of the parties, as shall be right and proper, and the guilty party forfeits all rights acquired by the marriage.
Page 552 - The cause was submitted to the court without a jury. On the...
Page 250 - A motion for a new trial is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court.